Appointment
Dana Whitfield
Water heater flush · $175
- When
- Tuesday, 9:00–10:30 AM
- Assigned to
- Priya
- Address and phone
- 418 Cedar Lane · (555) 014-2290
Job notes
“Use the side entrance. Water heater is in the basement. Call when you arrive.”
Booking and scheduling software for service teams of one to ten For service businesses like plumbers, cleaners, groomers, salons, and barber shops.
Book appointments, let customers book online, and keep your team’s day in one place. When someone cancels, Patcher finds customers booked later who could take the opening. You approve who gets asked; Patcher handles the texts and updates the schedule when someone accepts.
No signup required for the demo.
From $29/month for 1–2 people. See pricing
Want to keep your current scheduling software? Fill cancellations with Patcher Connect
Keep booking, online requests, and your team’s appointments in one schedule. When an opening appears, use the customers already on your books to find someone who could come sooner. For mobile services, suggested times can also account for estimated travel when usable addresses are available.
Aaron Roberts · Patcher founder · Buffalo Bolt owner/operator
I own Buffalo Bolt. There’s two of us, and I was paying for Jobber mostly to schedule jobs and send quotes. It did a lot more than that, but we didn’t need most of it. Honestly, I didn’t even understand half the features—and it was expensive for what we actually used.
That frustration is what led me to create Patcher. I wanted something simple for a small business: keep your appointments straight, see your day at a glance, and let customers book online. Something you can get comfortable with while you’re busy getting your business going.
If you’re still using pen and paper, I want this to be an easy next step. And if you’re like me, paying for a big system just to use the basics, I built this with you in mind.
Find your customer, pick a time, and get on with your day.
“Can you fit me in Tuesday morning? The water heater needs a flush.”
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Tell Patcher whether you go to customers or they come to you. The suggested times follow.
Do both? Set it per service. Travel still counts between different locations.
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Suggested times account for the job, the journey, and your team’s availability.
Find room for the service with someone who’s available.
Share your booking page so customers can choose a service and an available time.
Your customer books
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Confirm instantly or receive a request to schedule—set it per service.
An empty appointment doesn’t have to stay empty. Patcher looks for customers booked later whose appointments could fit the opening. Review the list and choose who gets asked. Patcher texts one customer at a time, updates the schedule when someone accepts, and stops the follow-up.
See later-booked appointments that fit the available time and team member. For mobile work, estimated travel can be considered when usable addresses are available.
Choose the customers and the order before any texts go out.
Customers can accept the earlier time or keep their current appointment. Once someone accepts, Patcher updates the schedule and stops the outreach.
The appointment they move from becomes available for another booking. Filling an opening depends on a suitable customer accepting.
The customer, the work, and what you agreed—all there when you need them.
See the page your customer gets
Need to quote first? Send an estimate customers can review and approve online. See how estimates work
Appointment
Dana Whitfield
Water heater flush · $175
Job notes
“Use the side entrance. Water heater is in the basement. Call when you arrive.”
Using Jobber, MoeGo, or Housecall Pro? We’ll handle bringing your agreed information into Patcher, help set up your business, and walk you through your new schedule.
Coming from another system, spreadsheets, or paper? We’ll work with what you have and help you get started.
Need a schedule?
Start with Patcher. Book appointments, accept online bookings, send estimates, and fill cancellations in one schedule.
Keeping your scheduler?
Keep Jobber, MoeGo, or Housecall Pro. Patcher Connect helps fill cancellations and writes accepted moves back to your scheduler.
Connection requirements: Jobber · Housecall Pro · MoeGo
Every feature. One price for your team. Choose by how many people take appointments. Office-only staff don’t count.
1–2 people
$29 /month
Total for your team
3–6 people
$79 /month
Total for your team
7–10 people
$149 /month
Total for your team
Included with every team size
Manage your day
Make it easy for customers
Fill cancellations
Today and as we add more: there are no add-ons and no higher tier to unlock.
Have more than ten people, or want help getting started? Book a call
Yes. Pick the customer (or add them), choose the service and price, pick a time and team member, and save. Patcher checks for conflicts before saving. Suggested times fit the schedule. If you choose a conflicting time yourself, Patcher flags it and asks before you book it.
Yes. You get a booking page to share. Customers choose a service and an available time, then leave their contact details. For each service you decide whether a booking confirms right away or comes to you as a request to schedule.
Yes. Set your business to "customers visit us" and suggested times only need to fit the service and who's working. Appointments at your location sit back to back, with nothing between them.
Yes. With "we visit customers" on, suggested times leave room for the drive between jobs as well as the service itself and each team member's hours. If you do some of both, set it per service; travel still counts between different locations.
Yes. The smallest plan covers one or two people, and you can add teammates whenever you're ready.
No. Patcher includes its own booking and scheduling: your appointments, customers, services, and team's day live here. If you want to keep MoeGo, Jobber, or Housecall Pro, choose Patcher Connect instead and check that scheduler's connection requirements.
Patcher finds customers already booked later who could take an opening. You approve the lineup: who gets asked and in what order. Patcher then texts them one at a time and updates the schedule when a customer accepts. You stay in control of the lineup, and you can pause it anytime.
A waitlist usually starts with people who have asked for an earlier or available time. Patcher starts with appointments already on your schedule and looks for customers who could move sooner. Some waitlist products also automate notifications and matching, so compare where the candidates come from, how fit is checked, and what happens when someone accepts.
It stays in place unless the customer accepts the earlier time. When they accept, the appointment moves and the original time opens for another booking. The move fills the immediate opening; it doesn't by itself create new demand.
People who are scheduled on appointments. Office staff who never take an appointment don't count, and the count follows your team as it changes.
Yes. Every plan includes every feature, including the ones we add later. There are no add-ons and no higher tier to unlock.
Yes, and it's free. If you use Jobber, MoeGo, or Housecall Pro, we handle bringing your agreed information into Patcher, set up your business, and walk you through your new schedule. Coming from another system, spreadsheets, or paper, we work with what you have. We agree on what comes over before we start; your subscription is priced separately.
Create your account and start adding your services, team, and hours — there's nothing to install. If you'd rather set it up together, or you're moving over from another system, a spreadsheet, or paper, we'll help for free.
Bring your appointments and team into one clear schedule.